California Court of Appeal
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, B249494
The trial court did not err in ordering the public guardian to petition for a conservatorship and to act as conservator for a defendant who was charged with murder and found to be incompetent, where: 1) the trial court in this case correctly interpreted the LPS Act to provide that dementia is a "mental disorder" within the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act's (LPS) meaning; and 2) the order did not exceed the trial court's authority or abuse its discretion.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/19/2013
- Published 12/19/2013
Judges
- CHANEY
Court
- California Court of Appeal